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1. A METHOD OF CUTTING A WEB WHICH COMPRISES ADVANCING THE WEB IN ASUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT PATH IN AN INTERMITTENT STEP-BY-STEP MANNER,MOVING A THIN CUTTING BLADE HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY TRIANGULARLY-SHAPEDCUTTING EDGE INTO AND OUT OF THE WEB IN A RECIPROCATING MANNER WHILE THEMOVEMENT OF THE WEB IS STOPPED BETWEEN INTERMITTENT MOVEMENTS THEREOFAND WITH THE BLADE EXTENDING IN SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR RELATION TOTHE WEB, TURNING THE BLADE AT VARIOUS ANGLES ABOUT A SUBSTANTIALLYPERPENDICULAR AXIS WITH RESPECT TO THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE WEB, ANDVARYING THE DEPTH OF PENETRATION OF THE BLADE INTO THE WEB INSUBSTANTIALLY PROPORTIONAL RELATIONSHIP TO SAID VARIOUS ANGLES SUCH THATTHE LENGTHS OF ALL THE CUTS FORMED BY THE BLADE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY THESAME WHEN MEASURED IN PARALLEL RELATION TO THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF THEWEB.
 12. APPARATUS FOR CUTTTING A WEB COMPRISING A TABLE ADAPTED TOSUPPORT THE WEB FOR LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT THEREON, A CUTTER MOUNTED FORRECIPROCATING MOTION ALONG A LINE PERPENDICULAR TO SAID TABLE, MEANS FORRECIPROCATING SAID CUTTER, SAID CUTTER HAVING A FREE END MOVABLE INTOAND OUT OF THE WEB WITH EACH RECIPROCATION THEREOF, PATTERN CONTROLLEDMEANS ROTATING SAID CUTTER ABOUT A PERPENDICULAR AXIS AND CAUSING THECUTTER TO OCCUPY VARIOUS ANGULAR POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO THELONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE TABLE, PATTERN CONTROLLED MEANS FOR SHIFTINGTHE CUTTER PREDETERMINED DISTANCES TRANSVERSELY OF THE TABLE IN EITHERDIRECTION, SAID CUTTER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY TRIANGULARLY SHAPED, ANDMEANS TO VARY THE DEPTH OF PENETRATION OF THE CUTTER INTO THE WEB DURINGRECIPROCATION OF THE CUTTER TO THEREBY VARY THE LENGTH OF THE CUTSFORMED IN THE WEB BY THE CUTTER.